Design Lives Here maps the current state of Australian residential architecture and interiors through homes where the built fabric and the objects within it are inseparable — a survey of contemporary design shaped by isolation, landscape, and a distinctly local material intelligence.
About This Book
Australian design has never simply followed international currents. Geographic isolation and a specific natural environment have produced a design culture with its own logic — one that shows up as much in a bespoke dining table or pendant light as in the architecture that frames it. Design Lives Here brings together exemplary residential projects and the furniture, lighting, and objects made for them by local designers and makers. The result is a cohesive argument about contemporary Australian design: that it is insistently site-specific, materially considered, and grounded in the relationship between a house and the things that inhabit it.
Key Features
- 272 pages of residential architecture and interior photography, with featured bespoke furniture and lighting by Australian makers
- Published by Thames and Hudson, ISBN 9781760760175
What You'll Discover
- How geographic isolation has shaped a distinctly Australian design sensibility — one that resists easy categorisation within global trends
- The relationship between architecture and object-making, from a dining table referencing the HB pencil to interiors furnished with more than 100 custom pieces
- How contemporary Australian designers navigate materiality, utility, site, and place across homes ranging in scale and ambition
- A portrait of local makers — furniture designers, lighting designers, and craftspeople — whose work is integral to the residential projects featured
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 272
- Dimensions: 282 x 221 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781760760175
- Publisher: Thames and Hudson
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and interior designers with an interest in Australian residential work, furniture designers and makers, students studying Australian design culture, and collectors of design monographs focused on materiality and place.